Comments on: A motion in Google ocean http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: john tucker http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3013 john tucker Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:21:59 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3013 Collecting bathymetry information is frightfully expensive. Only large governments of nations with busy ports, and large oil companies, do it. The US OCS, NGA, and the UKHO, have the best tools and processes but we only have the resources to survey a few hundred square miles each year. When Google Earth finally gets around to accepting and displaying negative elevations (not only for the sea floor but for places like Death Valley or the Dead Sea area), so that our information could be more easily and widely viewed, that would free up precious resources which we could apply to doing more surveying. This is of course just my opinion, I can't help what my management does or says. Collecting bathymetry information is frightfully expensive.
Only large governments of nations with busy ports, and
large oil companies, do it. The US OCS, NGA, and the UKHO,
have the best tools and processes but we only have the resources to survey a few hundred square miles each year.

When Google Earth finally gets around to accepting and displaying negative elevations (not only for the sea floor but for places like Death Valley or the Dead Sea area),
so that our information could be more easily and widely viewed, that would free up precious resources which we could apply to doing more surveying.

This is of course just my opinion, I can’t help what my management does or says.

]]> By: CR McClain http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3012 CR McClain Sat, 24 May 2008 19:59:40 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3012 B try the National Oceanographic Database Center B try the National Oceanographic Database Center

]]> By: B http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3011 B Sat, 24 May 2008 10:04:35 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3011 Does anyone have a favorite clearing house for global water column data? Does anyone have a favorite clearing house for global water column data?

]]> By: Peter http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3010 Peter Thu, 22 May 2008 14:55:25 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3010 Nuts, yer right. I was straining for comparisons and got my metrics wrong. My refrigerator is not as big as a Hummer, either. CSUMB has a nice collection of multibeam data, inc. MBCanyon: <a href="http://seafloor.csumb.edu/SFMLwebDATA_mb.htm" rel="nofollow">http://seafloor.csumb.edu/SFMLwebDATA_mb.htm</a> Nuts, yer right. I was straining for comparisons and got my metrics wrong. My refrigerator is not as big as a Hummer, either.

CSUMB has a nice collection of multibeam data, inc. MBCanyon:
http://seafloor.csumb.edu/SFMLwebDATA_mb.htm

]]> By: pedant http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3009 pedant Thu, 22 May 2008 14:32:05 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3009 30m would be much shorter than a football field. Do you have an idea of the coverage of the multibeam data? 30m would be much shorter than a football field.

Do you have an idea of the coverage of the multibeam data?

]]> By: JJ http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3008 JJ Thu, 22 May 2008 14:23:49 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3008 Well I better recognize that one! Been in that bay for 5 years now, and been spending my time researching it! Well I better recognize that one! Been in that bay for 5 years now, and been spending my time researching it!

]]> By: Peter http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3007 Peter Thu, 22 May 2008 14:09:27 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3007 That's right. Monterey Canyon is smack in the middle of Monterey Bay between Santa Cruz and Monterey. That’s right. Monterey Canyon is smack in the middle of Monterey Bay between Santa Cruz and Monterey.

]]> By: JJ http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 JJ Thu, 22 May 2008 14:04:58 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3006 Is that first shot one of Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay? Looks very familiar to me (especially being a marine biology student in santa cruz)... Is that first shot one of Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay? Looks very familiar to me (especially being a marine biology student in santa cruz)…

]]> By: Peter http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3005 Peter Thu, 22 May 2008 12:37:57 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3005 Definitely, Tai. If you look closely at the Google Earth image of Saba Bank, you'll see my Panoramio photos of dive sites not listed in any book, or any map. Definitely, Tai. If you look closely at the Google Earth image of Saba Bank, you’ll see my Panoramio photos of dive sites not listed in any book, or any map.

]]> By: tai haku http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-3004 tai haku Thu, 22 May 2008 12:04:55 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/05/a-motion-in-google-ocean/#comment-3004 I wonder if I can use this to make better dive site maps? That would be sweet. I wonder if I can use this to make better dive site maps? That would be sweet.

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